Annual Report 2008-2009 - Emirates.com

Emirates
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Employee strength and productivity
In the year under review, the average workforce rose by 5,635 (18.7%) to 35,812. The average number of employees in the airline
grew by 4,387 (18.5%) to 28,037 as a result of the growth in capacity.
A breakdown of the average number of employees by category is shown below:
UAE
Cabin crew 10,324
Flight deck crew 2,141
Engineering 1,849
Other 9,379
2008-09 2007-08
23,693
Overseas stations 4,344
Total Emirates 28,037
Subsidiary companies 7,775
Average employee strength 35,812
8,554
1,810
1,633
7,784
19,781
3,869
23,650
6,527
30,177
Employee productivity for the airline, measured in terms of revenue per employee was AED 1,531,114 compared with AED
1,625,424 in 2007-08.
Value added, which is a measure of wealth created by the airline was AED 8,958 million (2007-08: AED 12,546 million). This is
equivalent to AED 319,522 per employee (2007-08: AED 530,498).
Capacity per airline employee was ATKM 870,172 compared with ATKM 933,531 in 2007-08. Load carried per airline employee was
RTKM 566,359 (2007-08: 623,214).
Average employees ('000)
32
24
16
8
0 0
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
ATKM per employee
Number of employees RTKM per employee
1200
1050
900
750
600
450
300
150
TKM('000)
Average employees ('000)
32
24
16
8
0 0
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Revenue per employee
Number of employees Value added per employee
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
AED('000)